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Quotes About Competition

The worst thing that you can do in terms of bringing a product up to the market is to be two days after someone else has brought a similar product to the international market-It's dead.
~ Ann Macbeth
Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer.
~ Joseph Kanon
When it's your will versus another person's will, the worst thing you can do is smile in their face when you're competing. That's what I tell our guys. Go have fun.
~ DeAngelo Williams
It wouldn't be the worst thing if you don't play that well but take points.
~ Ralph Hasenhuttl
We're removal men. It's hard labour. I've come to the conclusion being a forward is probably the worst thing in rugby. Looking at backs, they play kick and laugh, run and clap and we get absolutely flogged.
~ James Haskell
Truly, I am not afraid of one man in this whole UFC Octagon roster. I truly don't care. What's the worst thing that's going to happen to me? I lose. I get knocked out?
~ Demetrious Johnson
I can remember crying in the Kippax at Maine Road when City were relegated to the old First Division in 1996. Dropping out of the Premier League seemed like the worst thing imaginable - and what didn't help was the fact United were winning just about everything going at the same time.
~ Ricky Hatton
People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.
~ Cindy Sherman
Men may be rivals, opponents in their fortunes, and yet be friends in their hearts and fair towards each other's worth; but woman, the instant she is rivaled, becomes unjust.
~ Jane Welsh Carlyle
All the games we play are worth the same because we can aim to get points in the league. Milan wants to fight until the end in the league and wants to compete with everyone until the last match day.
~ Clarence Seedorf
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
~ Baltasar Gracian
For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.
~ Mary Lou Retton
No actor is worth $3 million, not even Marlon. It puts too many other actors out of work.
~ Conchata Ferrell
Google is a fierce competitor. I wish I was worth a bazillion dollars; that would be really nice. They're a fierce competitor, and they're very good in search. They're very good with their global map thing.
~ Carol Bartz
And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is onto the story.
~ Roger Mudd
I believe I've shown my worth, become a world champion, now I want to try and see how good I am. The only way I'll find that out is by testing myself against the best.
~ Callum Smith
If anything, make a 50-yard field goal worth four points instead of three.
~ Adam Vinatieri
As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it.
~ Bjorn Borg
Most of the time, you don't win anything on reality shows. You're booted off, or maybe you win $50,000, or $100,000, which isn't really life-changing. I don't know that it's worth it.
~ Michael Ian Black
The people I coach are very successful people, so it's very hard for winners to not constantly win. Even if it's trivial and not worth it, we still want to win - because we love winning. It's a very deep habit.
~ Marshall Goldsmith
You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless.
~ David Gower
I've learnt that being second is worthless.
~ Robinho
When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that hasn't been done before. You get all this magnetic energy, people focusing on one thing at the same time. I really get excited about it. It makes me want to compete even more. It makes it all worthwhile, all the hours of hard work.
~ Steve Prefontaine
I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.
~ Jack Nicklaus